At 18:16 11/18/2004, you wrote: >Susan- >Aren't the rails just screwed onto the piano? I seem to recall removing >some some time back. >Ed Sutton > >Now, a question -- their SD-10 now gets to leave its lid in its own room, >and gets to share the stage with the new D for two piano concerts. It has >two rails along the straight side, no doubt for protecting the lid when it >has to be tilted for moving. They are offended by the sight of these >rails. It's not likely to be moved on its side in the foreseeable future. >Shall I try to get them to just let me sand and repaint the rails to make >them look better (which will probably not be enough cosmetic improvement >to satisfy them), or would it be reasonable to rout them down so they >aren't as apparent onstage? They've been there all along, of course, but >the piano has never turned that side to the audience till now. > >Susan Kline > Those rails protect the lid from walls/doorframes as well as a moving skid, as the touchup I've had to apply to them would attest. Keep a touchup marker handy and they won't jump out at you. Conrad Hoffsommer Early to rise: early to bed; Makes a man healthy, and socially dead.
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